Russia-Ukraine war: Situation on the front as of November 13

Russian shelling

During the past 24 hours, 69 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy carried out 7 missile and 34 air strikes, 59 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population.

Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged. The Russian occupiers also launched another rocket attack on civilian objects in the city of Kharkiv.

Airstrikes hit the following:

Petropavlivka, Cherneshchyna of the Kharkiv region;

Novoyehorivka, Bilohorivka, Serebryansk Forestry of the Luhansk region;

Siversk, Avdiivka, Severne, Novomykhailivka, Urozhaine, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region;

Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka of the Zaporizhzhia region;

Kherson, Novoberyslav, Tyahynka, Ivanivka of the Kherson region.

More than 110 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fire.

The situation at the fronts

The operational situation remains unchanged in the Volyn and Polissia directions.

In the Siversk and Slobozhanske direction, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts active diversionary activities to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, conducted unsuccessful assaults in the areas of Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, and Kyslivka settlements of the Kharkiv region, where our defenders repelled 11 attacks.

In the Lyman direction, with the support of aviation, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults near Novoyehorivka, Luhansk region, where our soldiers repelled 4 attacks.

In the Bakhmut direction, with the support of aviation, the enemy carried out assaults in the areas of Dubovo-Vasylivka, east of Klishchiivka and Andriivka of the Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defenders repelled about 10 attacks.

In turn, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue their assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, inflict losses on the enemy in manpower and equipment, and establish themselves at the achieved boundaries.

In the Avdiivka direction, with the support of aviation, Russians do not stop trying to surround Avdiivka. Ukrainian soldiers firmly hold the defense, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

The offensive actions of the enemy southeast of Novokalynove, east of Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, and Severne of the Donetsk region were unsuccessful. Here, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 17 attacks.

In the Maryinka direction, our defenders repelled 24 attacks by invaders in the Maryinka and Novomykhailivka districts of the Donetsk region.

In the Shakhtarsk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, conducted unsuccessful assaults near Staromayorske, Donetsk region, where Ukrainian soldiers repelled 2 attacks.

The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Zaporizhzhia direction.

The offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces, and exhaust the enemy along the entire front line.

In the Kherson direction, our defenders conduct a counter-battery fight, inflicting fire damage on the enemy's rear.

Enemy losses

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 4 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment of the enemy. Also, one Kh-59 guided air missile was destroyed by anti-aircraft defense.

Units of missile troops hit 5 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment and 3 warehouses of enemy ammunition.